Definition of Starfishes

1. Noun. (plural of starfish) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Starfishes

1. starfish [n] - See also: starfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Starfishes

starees
starer
starers
stares
stares down
starets
staretses
staretz
staretzes
starey
starfaring
starfield
starfields
starfish flower
starfishes (current term)
starfishlike
starflower
starflowers
starforming
starfruit
starfruits
stargate
stargates
stargaze
stargazed
stargazer

Literary usage of Starfishes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"Formerly starfishes were taken, cut in two, and thrown back; ... CLASS I. ASTEROIDEA — starfishes Little need be said of the Asteroidea beyond what has been ..."

2. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"Without exception all the Echinoderms, under which term are included the starfishes, sea-urchins, brittle-stars, feather-stars, and sea-cucumbers, ..."

3. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"Without exception all the Echinoderms, under which term are included the starfishes, sea-urchins, brittle-stats, feather-stars, and sea-cucumbers, ..."

4. Elementary Textbook of Economic Zoology and Entomology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Rennie Wilbur Doane (1915)
"CHAPTER XIII starfishes, SEA-URCHINS AND SEA-CUCUMBERS The starfishes, sea-urchins, sand-dollars and sea-cucumbers, branch Echinodermata (Gr. ..."

5. Chapters on Evolution by Andrew Wilson (1883)
"Turning firstly to some fields of lower life, we may select the class (Echinodermata) represented by the starfishes (Fig. 107), Sea-urchins (Fig. ..."

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